Alberto Giacometti
Homme (Apollon)
Found at
Christies,
London
Up Close An Evening Auction, Lot 46
03.Okt - 03.Okt.2017
Up Close An Evening Auction, Lot 46
03.Okt - 03.Okt.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed, dated and numbered '6/6 Alberto Giacometti 1929' (on the back)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 15 ¾in. (40cm.)
Conceived in 1929, this bronze version cast in 1954 in an edition of six plus one
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. | Private collection, Dallas. | Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by October 1967. | Private Collection, Palo Alto. | Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 29 November 1989, lot 537. | Waddington Galleries, London, by whom acquired at the above sale. | Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (acquired from the above in 1993). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 15 ¾in. (40cm.)
Conceived in 1929, this bronze version cast in 1954 in an edition of six plus one
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. | Private collection, Dallas. | Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by October 1967. | Private Collection, Palo Alto. | Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 29 November 1989, lot 537. | Waddington Galleries, London, by whom acquired at the above sale. | Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (acquired from the above in 1993). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Alberto Giacometti achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2017. In the Up Close An Evening Auction auction, the work Homme (Apollon) sold for GBP 3,488,750.00 (€ 3,977,857.89) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,200,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Alberto Giacometti achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work L'homme au doigt in May 2015 with an auction result of USD 141,285,000.00 (€ 128,511,006.00).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alberto Giacometti erzielte im Oktober 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Up Close An Evening Auction wurde die Arbeit Homme (Apollon) für GBP 3.488.750,00 (€ 3.977.857,89) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.200.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Alberto Giacometti erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit L'homme au doigt im Mai 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 141.285.000,00 (€ 128.511.006,00).
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